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Graphic Novel Review: Attack on Titan Vol 3

Well, Attack on Titan just isn’t doing it for me. I have one more volume checked out of the library, and after reading that, I am more than likely done with this series. The art is so painfully awkward and this installment was slow and dull. I don’t know how that’s possible, considering that the remaining humans are making a last stand against the Titans, but I just did not get caught up in the plot.

After Eren regains his human form, he is accused of being a traitor to the human race in a tense standoff with a military commander who is cracking under the pressure of the latest Titan attack. He is more than willing to kill Eren and then ask questions about how he changed into a Titan afterward . Commander Pixis arrives just in time to save Eren, Mikasa, and Armin from being blown to itty bitty pieces. Pixis sees how useful Eren can be, if he can change into a Titan at will. They decide that Eren will plug the hole in the wall with a huge boulder, while splitting their forces and drawing the enemy Titans away from Eren so he has a clear shot to the wall.

Things go wrong from the get go; the other soldiers don’t trust Eren, and when he transforms into a seemingly mindless beast, they want to abandon their posts. Pixis recognizes the huge risk he has taken, but if they lose yet another wall, there won’t be enough resources to support them all, and sacrifices will have to be made. He would rather die making a last stand than being sent out on a suicide mission later, and he convinces his men that they feel the same.

The only plot aspect that I found remotely interesting was Eren’s sudden memory of the key his dad gave to him before he disappeared, and the room in the basement of his old house. That is the answer to everything, he was told, just before his father injected him with something to make him forget he was ever told that. I am curious to know what’s in the basement, and the fate of his dad, but I don’t know how willing I am to keep reading the series to find out.

Grade: C-

Review copy provided by my local library

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TRAITORThe last thing Eren remembers before blacking out, a Titan had bitten off his arm and leg and was getting ready to eat him alive. Much to his surprise he wakes up without a scratch on him, with a crowd of angry soldiers screaming for his blood. What strange new power has he awakened, and what will happen when the boy devoted to destroying the Titans becomes one himself?Includes special extras after the story!

One thought on “Graphic Novel Review: Attack on Titan Vol 3”

If the manga is anything like the anime then you aren’t alone. I heard great reviews about the anime so I sat down and watched it. Besides some graphic scenes, I was quite bored and didn’t see why people loved it so much.